Dennis Gene Stange

July 04, 2007

Sioux Falls - Dennis Gene Stange, 66, died Monday, July 2, 2007, at the Sanford Health Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, S.D. A Memorial Service will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 5, 2007, at George Boom Funeral Chapel in Brandon, S.D. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Dennis Gene Stange, the son of Ewald and Edna (Reber) Stange, was born Jan. 23, 1941, in Aberdeen, S.D. After graduating from Bath High School in 1959, he worked for Delta Airlines and then the Aberdeen American News. In 1962, he moved to Fargo, N.D., where he worked for the Fargo Forum. Dennis married Rita Kimball on Nov. 4, 1962, and they made their home in Fargo for five years. They moved to Chicago, where Denny worked for the Associated Press for two years, then moved with the AP to Minneapolis, where he worked until 1987. He and Rita then moved to Sioux Falls, where Denny continued with the AP until he retired in April 2006. During his life, he worked as a teletype setter at the 1969 Democratic Convention. As a boy, he played organ for the Lutheran Church in Stratford, S.D. He enjoyed woodworking, hunting, fishing and spending time with family and good friends. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Rita, Brandon, S.D.; two sons, Terry (Sonja Wilkinson), Loveland, Colo., Jerry (Janelle), St. Michael, Minn.; one daughter, Brenda (Darwin) Coy, Custer, S.D.; six grandchildren; two brothers, Verlin (Marilyn) Stange, Stratford, S.D., Gary (Myrna) Stange, Stratford, S.D.; a sister-in-law, Nancy Stange, Aberdeen, S.D.; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Leland; one son, Brandon; one grandson, Jacob; and one nephew, Arlen. A complete obituary and online registry is available at www.georgeboom.com.